Levi took that book and felt it weighed a thousand pounds.
He narrowed his eyelids and his voice was deep: "Grandma, I've taken note of what you said, I'll protect Ruby and Olivia, with me, I'll never let anything happen to them."
He rarely promised anything, and the few promises he had made in the past twenty years or so had been given to Ruby, and the old woman in front of him.
The old lady nodded, her face growing whiter and her breath weaker.
She couldn't sit down and Levi even helped her to lie back down again.
"Grandma, don't say anything, wait longer, Ruby will wake up in while, she will be sad if she doesn't see you."
The old lady's voice weakened, "I know you are all good children, Ruby will be even sadder when she watches me go, why bother? I can't wait and I don't want to watch her shed tears in front of me, this child looks as if she doesn't care about anything, but in fact what she values most in her heart is 'love', as her mother."
As she spoke, her eyes gradually lost focus and wandered aimlessly around, looking despondent, as if she was remembering old times.
"When I first had my heart set on Logan, it was also because he was a man of valuing affection and love, all these years, he was buried in the capital and I never came to see him, it was my bad, but it's okay, I'm going to see him soon."
"Grandma ......" Levi had always been emotionally restrained, but now in this situation, his voice could not help but be mixed with hoarseness.
The old lady smiled weakly, "Don't be sad, Levi, I'm just going to see my old man, I have one more thing to ask you, after I die, bury me and Logan together, he and I made a pact to live in the same bed and die in the same grave."
Levi pursed his lips, looked back into the old lady's expectant eyes, and finally nodded heavily.
It was then that the old lady gave a satisfied smile.
She looked sideways, reluctantly at Ruby, her gaze tracing over every inch of her face as her vision gradually became blurred.
After a long time, a tear fell at the corner of her eye, and she repeated it again, her voice close to nothing.
"Take care of Ruby."
Afterwards, she gently closed her eyes.
Levi felt a lump in his throat and was silent for a long time before he let out a mute "hm".
Denis came back from buying angelica and rushed in. When he saw the old lady who was no longer breathing on the bed, his eyes welled up and the bag in his hand fell to the ground.
"Rest in peace, Cara ......" he called hoarsely, kneeling beside the old woman's bed, his head resting heavily against the head of the bed for a long time.
......
Ruby's consciousness pulled in the abyss and woke up slowly.
Looking at the ceiling overhead, she froze for a moment before responding.
The next instant she sat up abruptly, rolled out of bed, and, not even bothering to put on her shoes, was on her way out.
At the right moment, the door opened and Levi walked in with the medicine: "You're awake, drink the medicine first."
But Ruby seemed not to have heard him, her gaze passing over him as she walked straight towards the door.
Looking at her whitening face, Levi put the medicine on the small table to the side and pulled her in quick move.
"Where are you going up to? You haven’t put on your shoes."
"I'm going to see my grandma." She interrupted in a cold voice, not a hint of expression on her face.
A bad feeling grew in her mind, driving her almost mad.
The corners of Levi's mouth were pressed, he pulled her hand, not letting go, "Drink the medicine first, you have too much energy depleted in your body, drink the medicine to get better faster."
Ruby did not drink and repeated, "I am going to see my grandma."
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